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Bold Female Energy? Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House by Pritzker Prize winning architect, Jorn Utzon

Photo © David Messent, courtesy of Jorn Utzon/Utzon Architects and the Pritzker Prize Committee
A "female" building doesn't have to be delicate. Perhaps the building is bold and brassy - not the sort of girl you'd bring home to your mother. The "femininity" of the building is expressed in its curving forms.

Architecture critics might say that Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House expresses a bold "female" energy.

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